Where does “love” come from?
love (Friulian) comes from Latin lupa, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
love (Friulian): she-wolf
Ancestry of “love”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lupa | she-wolf; prostitute |
| 2 | Latin | Lupus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |